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“You look like la luz de las estrellas.”
“Like the light of the stars,”
I even spotted Washer up ahead, creaking along in his leather pants with a turtleneck red sweater on. His arm was around a woman with dark hair and my heart nearly stopped when I realised it was Principal Nova.
“You’ve got to be kidding me?” I muttered to Diego, pointing them out. “They’re together?” “No wonder he gets away with murder at Zodiac,” he replied.
“Move over.” The deep voice made my heart churn up and turn to mulch. Orion pushed Diego aside, dressed in a black shirt and jeans with a leather jacket that looked way too good on him. Behind him, was Francesca.
She tilted her head, resting her hand on Orion’s arm. “For me?” she asked, and I wanted to scream. Orion paid me zero attention, curling an arm around her waist and tugging her against his hip. “Do you want the blue Pegasus or the silver?”
I thought you were single, jerkface? “Blue,” Francesca decided. “My favourite colour.” He kissed her nose. Kissed her goddamn nose while saying how much he loved the colour blue. Why did that hurt so much?
The guy unhooked one of the huge blue Pegasus toys from where it hung on a rack, handing it over to Orion who passed it straight to Francesca. My heart crushed to dust as he slung his arm over her shoulders and walked away, the two of them looking like some movie star couple as they headed toward the drinks stand.
I looked up at Diego and a flame in his eyes roared, like he did want this. And I was so unprepared that when he dipped his head and pressed his lips to mine, I just froze. Totally, utterly froze.
“Let’s get some food,” I said quickly, turning and nearly having an aneurism when I spotted Orion near a stand beyond the queue, his eyes drilling into me. His face was an unreadable mask, but his gaze told me everything I needed to know. He’d seen Diego kiss me.
I needed to talk to Orion. Just for a second. Just to explain. We might have been on bad terms right now, but I hadn’t meant for that to happen.
The path cut directly to Orion and pain branded a permanent mark on my heart.
Diego caught my arm and led me away, not even noticing Orion there. Because to him it meant nothing. It wasn’t the sky falling down, but to me it felt like every star in the heavens were descending and crashing into the earth around me.
Diego moved to follow but a shadow bashed into him, and I gasped in horror as Orion knocked him onto his ass and climbed into his place beside me. “I need my Source,” he barked at Diego as he scrambled upright.
I jumped up to get out, but Orion caught the back of my dress, tugging me down onto my seat. He locked me in place with one arm and sank his fangs into my throat.
“This has gone far enough,” he snarled, the ferocity in his tone making my heart beat out of rhythm. “You brought him here to piss me off.”
“You asked me to talk to him. And you’re not exactly here on your own, Professor,” I snapped. “Lance,” he demanded forcefully.
“I’m not calling you that because we’re not a thing anymore. I do not fuck taken guys. If Fran doesn’t give you what you need in the bedroom, then I’m certainly not going to.” His eyes glittered and a dark smile pulled at his mouth. “She isn’t my girlfriend.”
Is that why you rammed your tongue down her throat earlier? Because she’s not your girlfriend?” “You’re a hypocrite,” he pointed out and his smile fell away dramatically. He dragged his thumb across my mouth, wiping it hard and I wriggled to try and stop him, but I was completely cornered.
“I’m trying to get Diego Polaris’s saliva off of my girl,” he growled.
That sentence did so many things to me it was unreal. Anger, rage, delight at the last bit. Then confusion at the last bit too because in what world was I his girl? We’d gone from flirting, to fucking like we loved each other, to tearing each other’s throats out in the space of a few days.
“Diego kissed me. I was caught off guard. But you kissed her because you wanted to.”
His lips pressed into a tight line and a dangerous energy hummed between us. “You know why I did it.”
His hand landed on my thigh, and I snatched it away. “And don’t do that.” “Why?” “Because we’re done,”
“Do we feel done to you?”
No way in hell did this feel done. I was still so angry, but there was a part of me which couldn’t cut free from Orion. He was in my blood like poison. Or maybe more like sugar. It was hard to know which. Either way it was probably bad for my health.
“You brought Diego here on a date to hurt me,” Orion said, and the tone of his voice said he really was hurt.
“When I saw you leaving campus with him, I called Francesca.”
“Biggest fucking mistake of my life. I’d rather bleed than feel what I did when I saw his mouth on yours.”
“I’ll ask you again. Are we done, Blue?” He clutched my arm so tight it almost hurt. We were walking the line of pain and I didn’t know if being with him or not being with him would hurt more. Slowly, I shook my head and his posture relaxed as if I’d told him the world wasn’t going to end.
He sighed, reaching out to cup my cheek but I pushed his hand away. Desperation flashed through his eyes. “I’m sorry, okay? I shouldn’t have kissed her.”
“If you want to hurt me in future, use your hands,” he said with a dark look. “I think physical pain would be preferable.”
“You need an apology, Blue? Fine. I’ll give you the best one I can think up.” He kissed the corner of my mouth and it burned with promises before he stood, climbed over the gate, and jumped.
Why was it so hard to force the words out? It was just a simple lie. But the way Diego spoke about him made a tigress sit up inside me and lick her lips. I wanted to destroy him for talking about Orion that way. I might have been mad at him, but Diego didn’t have the right to talk about him like that. It was as if I had no control over myself for a second. Like a beast really did live in me.
“I don’t just dislike him. I despise him. I wish a plague of fucking death on him. In fact, I wish he hadn’t survived the battle at the Pitball stadium.” I slapped him so hard I was as stunned as he was as I withdrew my hand.
He stepped closer and I stumbled back a step before remembering I was ten times as strong as him. But for half a second, it didn’t feel like that, power seeming to radiate from him.
Darcy: Are you freaking crazy??? Lance: Yes. For you ;) Come with me.
“Can you stop attacking my car? She doesn’t like it.”
“I didn’t mean to upset you,” he said, sounding lost. “I don’t apologise very often. It’s not a very Fae thing to do. Did I not do it right?”
“You could have just said the words,” I whispered, and he gave me a hopeful grin, inching closer into my personal space. “I’m sorry.”
“You smell like her,” I murmured. “Then make me smell like you,” he commanded, and I caught his lapels, dragging him down to meet my mouth.
“Well...I hear another funfair has popped up in my bedroom for the night,” he teased.
“Hm, well I quite like the sound of this other funfair. Is there a rollercoaster?” “No, but there’s a slip and slide?” he offered.
His grip tightened on my knee and sparks skittered beneath my skin. “Fuck that kid, I’ll tear him a new one the next time I see him,” he snarled.
“So have you forgiven me now?” he asked with amusement in his voice. “Technically you owed the apology to my sister,” I pointed out and he gave me an incredulous look. “By the stars, am I going to have to electrocute myself again for Tory Vega?”
“Orion,” I laughed but my laughter turned into a moan as he found his way into my panties and pushed two fingers inside me. “You owe me a new pair,”
“I’ll get you a whole new wardrobe if you make that noise again.” “What noise?” I panted and he pumped his fingers harder, drawing a needy moan from my lips. “That one,”
“If you go around placing crowns on my head, you’re going to be in trouble,”
“Don’t fight with me again,” he demanded, his teeth raking against my ear. “Don’t give me a reason to.”
I scraped my nails down his chest so hard I drew blood. “That’s for Fran.” He looked down in surprise, then released a breathless laugh. “I like you angry.”
